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Raheem’s Big Move
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- Raheems journey to america
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- My Children's book was inspired by my trip to south Sudan this summer. In south Sudan I saw a unique culture that iv'e never seen before. I saw a culture that was happy with what they had, and not envious of what they didn't have. This mindset of there created a paradigm shift in the way I thought, U became more gracious, less envious and more happy. There happy demeanor made question why there would be a civil war in the first place. When I got home from my trip to Sudan I decided to research it's history and culture and was shocked to find there was around 600,000 sudanese immigrants.Other child stories helped me with a basis, fried bread specifically showed me how I could hint at immigration and let my audience figure it out. Fried bread talks about the ways fried bread can be made, but its really used in a way where they are changing the recipe of fried bread, and the uses of it because of how there native family is losing there once spiritual land due to colonization, and fried bread is a way to remind them of their culture. I used Lambslide to help understand how people live on a farm, and how much they care for there pets which is why I mention Lucy throughout the story. Lambslide talks about the roles of the farm, the animals like horses pigs, and cow's and what you do in a day to day life from a child's perspective. I used He came with the Couch for both art, and understanding assimilation from a children's perspective. He Came with the couch talks about a family in need of a couch looks and looks every where they think they can go until they go to a trash yard and find a couch, but the couch came with a little blue being, they tried and tried to force him to assimilate to there culture but it never worked, but when they finally stopped bothering him, he did. By using these books I was ultimately able to get a greater understanding of how to write my Children's story in a child friendly manner but also how to use immigration words and how to hint to them.
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- Raheems favorite animal is his pet pig Lucy
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- He likes going to school to see his friends
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- In 1983 rules changed, and people got mad because of it.
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- Tensions are rising within Sudan because of peoples beliefs
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- When Raheem was at school, in the cafeteria He heard a loud sound.
- Did you hear that??
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- Raheem felt uneasy so his teacher called his mom
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- Raheem's mom drove to school to pick him up.
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- When he got home from school, He on Tv and saw A bomb was dropped miles away which is why he heard the loud noise. His Mom told him to pack up and, they were emigrating
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- Raheems mom told him that imigrants face a lot of challenges and sometimes arent treated fairly.
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- Raheem's mom told him that they would have to switch schools, and leave his friends behind
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- Raheems mom told him to pack his clothes and get ready to immigrate to America
- Raheems family was scared and didnt know what to do
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- Raheem was afraid, he was mad, but really he was sad. He was leaving everything, his friends, his family, and Lucy.
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- After his mom talked to him about immigration, she told him to pack a suitcase with clothes, and his toothbrush.
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- She drove the family to the red sea's Beach to get on a boat.
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- When on the boat Raheems mom told him that things will change on the boat, she said they wont have good food or water.
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- when walking to the boat Raheem asked his mom Why they were getting on the boat? She explained that they were leaving Sudan through the red sea, to go to Saudi-Arabia and take a plane ride to America
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- At first Raheem liked being on the boat, he saw lots of fish, met the Captain and heard tons of stories.
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- After a while Raheem got bored, the stories were fun but they didnt change, the food was the same and he missed Lucy.
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- When Raheem woke up he saw his mom and the captain speaking in a hushed tone and pointing at a boat, He was curious so he asked his mom why they were pointing.
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- His mom explained with a quite voice that they were pointing at a boarder patrol boat.
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- She told Raheem that Boarder patrol boats capture illegal refugees and send them back to their home country
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- The boats Captain instructed them to be silent and told them that they would have to take a take a different path around the boarder patrol boat.
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- Later while everyone was eating Taliga stew the Captin told them that they would have to be silent until they get to Saudi-arabia.
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- Raheem was more bored than ever, he cant talk to others, he see's the same fish every day, and eats the same taliga stew every night.
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- Because of the detour it took an extra 3 days to get to Saudi-Arabia, those three days felt like an eternity for Raheem.
- 3 DAYS!?
- FOREVER
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- But his boredom vanished when he saw the beautiful alluminated country of Saudi-Arabia.
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- his mom rushed him off the boat hes lived on for a week and told him they were now in the city of Jeddah in Saudi-Arabia
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- He was astonshed, almost hypnotized by the city! but he was snapped back to reality when his mom told him that Men in black suits were waiting for them.
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- The men started walking to a white van, while following them Raheems mom explained they were going to be taking them to the airport.
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- Once they were in the car and they started driving Raheem thought about how different it was in Jeddah, there were no farms, so many lights, an buildings that touched the sky
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- After a long drive, Raheems family finally arrived at the airport, this was his first time in a airport but there was no time for him to be amazed.
- WAIT!
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- They rushed through the airport, giving people the passports that the men in black suit gave them when getting out the car his mom was scared, he didn't know why.
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- When Raheem got on the plane he was scared, he was scared of not only flying but also migrating and leaving his Sudan possibly forever.
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- When the plane finally took off Raheem had a moment of clarity, and whispered to his asking him mom why she was so panicked going throughout the airport.
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- His mom explained that she used fake passports, to get through security because they were illegally immigrating, if they were caught with their fake passports they would be arrested.
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- finally after 10 hours of flying they landed, Raheems mom told him that they landed in Virginia and they were now illegal emigrates.
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- Once they left the airport, Raheem saw how different the American culture was different Raheem thought about how he could assimilate into the American culture.
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- Raheems mom went to a lawyer, and immediately seeking asylum in the U.S. she has been taking photos of how the bomb affected them and the war that broke out as evidence for asylum.
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- after a long legal case Raheem, and his family were legal citizens so the process of naturalization started.
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- Raheem had to show he understood that he understood English and American history. If he passes the naturalization test then he can become a American citizen.
- American test
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- Raheem and his mom studied together every night for a year, he was very stressed for the test but a year later they felt they were ready.
- American history
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- Raheem took the test, it was the hardest test he ever took. After he finished the test he was afraid he failed.
- X
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- A week later Raheem got the news that he passed the test, and was now a legal citizen.
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- Raheem started going to school, he was a little bit behind because he missed a year of school for studying. and migrating to America but he was catching up.
- E=MC^2
- 10/3 =??
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- A year later Raheem started to assimilate The American culture into his everyday life, but the one thing Raheem kept traditional to Sudan's culture was Sudanese dances such as Hadandawa.
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- Finally Raheems journey came to a end.
- 2 years later Raheems Journey finally came to a end.
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- Bibliography
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- Bibliography
- Vecteezy, www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/19765478-world-map-with-country-location.“File:Flag of Sudan.png - Wikimedia Commons.”Wikimedia.org, 2022, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sudan.png.Ryan, William. “Red Sea | Sea, Middle East | Britannica.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2020, www.britannica.com/place/Red-Sea.“Tripadvisor.” Tripadvisor, 2025, en.tripadvisor.com.hk/Attraction_Review-g295419-d25434346-Reviews-Private_transfer_from_Jeddah_Airport_to_the_city_of_Makkah_Macca-Jeddah_Makkah_P.html.Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.Wikipedia Contributors. “Flag of Saudi Arabia.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Dec. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.
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- When leaving the beach Raheems mom was talking to men in black suits and later they lead them to a black van his mom said would take them to a airport.
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